Despite having never seen a full episode of “I Love Lucy,” one thing that certainly comes across in “The Long, Long Trailer” is the love and admiration that Lucille Ball […]
Movie Review – “The Long, Long Trailer” (1954)
Movie Review – “The Earrings of Madame de…” (1953)
The more I watch French cinema, the more I appreciate the way it turns subtlety into an art form. “Diabolique” and “Wages of Fear” pull this off masterfully, and Max […]
Movie Review – “Us” (2019)
Jordan Peele has quickly and rather quietly managed to capture an all-too familiar fear that seems so relevant, yet somehow has hardly been touched by Hollywood. It’s a fear of […]
Movie Review – “On the Town” (1949)
For a lighthearted musical about sailors falling in love with total strangers and a city, “On the Town” excels at being fun and joyous the whole time. It often feels […]
Top 5 Coen Brothers Movies
Number 5 – “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” (2018) I can’t remember a film that encapsulates so many of the wonders and horrors of the old west quite as well […]
Movie Review – “The Master” (2012)
I’m often hesistant to write a negative opinion on a critically-acclaimed art-house film such as “The Master,” since I fear that it would just come across as me not understanding […]
Movie Review – “Hellboy” (2004)
Even in adapted works, Guillermo del Toro’s definitive gothic-horror style shines through in all of his work. I’m honestly surprised it took me this long to watch “Hellboy,” because it […]
Movie Review – “Umberto D.” (1952)
It has been close to six or seven years since I’ve seen an Italian neo realist film, and while watching “Umberto D.” I suddenly remembered why I’m not a fan […]
